Clint Bentley is the director and co-writer of JOCKEY (2021), his first feature film as director, which premiered In Competition at the Sundance Film Festival where it won a Special Jury Prize for Best Actor for Clifton Collins Jr.
An aging jockey is determined to win one last championship, but his dream is complicated when a young rookie shows up claiming to be his son.
An injured jockey must endure nine races on nine horses over the course of one unforgiving night on the track. He will test the limits of his body and find what exists in the grey area between pain and beauty — if it doesn’t destroy him first.
A story about Robert Grainier, a day laborer employed as a logger helping to expand the railways across America. Forced to spend prolonged periods of time away from his wife, Gladys, and their young daughter, Grainier struggles to make sense of his place in a rapidly changing world. As his story unfolds, he experiences great love, unspeakable loss and unique bonds, on a journey that is both distinct and universal.